Saturday, January 30, 2010

Friday, February 5, 2010

Math
- pg. 574 #1-12 all
Use these answers (scroll all the way down) to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- work on your Statistics/Data Analysis Project --- due Thursday, 2/11
(project description/rubric/example)

Science
- Natural Resources project proposal due today --- starting today, continue to take your research and make sure you really understand the details to make it more succinct and easily understandable for your audience --- also think about what medium you will use to present your topic
(project overview/breakdown/timeline)

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Math
- Practice C & Brainteaser worksheet for Sections 5-8
Use these answers (scroll all the way down) to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- work on your Statistics/Data Analysis Project --- due Thursday, 2/11
(project description/rubric/example)

- Quiz #14 tomorrow!!! (covers Sections 11-5 to 11-8)

Science
- continue researching your Natural Resources Project problem/solution and prepare to submit your proposal this Friday (see proposal questions to guide your research)
(project overview/breakdown/timeline)

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Math
- pg. 572-573 #6-16, 18-19 all
Use these answers to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- work on your Statistics/Data Analysis Project --- due Thursday, 2/11
(project description/rubric/example)

- Quiz #14 this Friday (2/5)!!! (covers Sections 11-5 to 11-8)

Science
- continue researching your Natural Resources Project problem/solution and prepare to submit your proposal this Friday (see proposal questions to guide your research)
(project overview/breakdown/timeline)

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Math
- Practice C for Sections 5-2, 5-6
Use these answers (scroll all the way down) to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- work on your Statistics/Data Analysis Project --- due Thursday, 2/11
(project description/rubric/example)

- Quiz #14 this Friday (2/5)!!! (covers Sections 11-5 to 11-8)

Science
- start thinking about the Natural Resources Final Project and prepare to submit your proposal this Friday
(project overview/breakdown/timeline)

Monday, February 1, 2010

Math
- Practice C for Sections 4-8, 4-9
Use these answers (scroll all the way down) to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- work on your Statistics/Data Analysis Project --- due Thursday, 2/11
(project description/rubric/example)

- Quiz #14 this Friday (2/5)!!! (covers Sections 11-5 to 11-8)

Science
- start thinking about the Natural Resources Final Project and prepare to submit your proposal this Friday
(project overview/breakdown/timeline)

Monday, February 1, 2010

Math
- Practice C for Sections 4-8, 4-9
Use these answers (scroll all the way down) to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- work on your Statistics/Data Analysis Project --- due Thursday, 2/11
(project description/rubric/example)

Science
- start thinking about the Natural Resources Final Project and prepare to submit your proposal this Friday
(project overview/breakdown/timeline)

Friday, January 29, 2010

Friday, January 29, 2010

Math
- pg. 567-568 #9-27 all
Use these answers to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- answer your peers' e-mail forms for your Statistics/Data Analysis Project, then check your own spreadsheet for the data to start working on your project
(project description/rubric/example)

Science
- write down ecological/carbon footprint quiz results (if you didn't do so in class)
Global Footprint Network
Zero Footprint Kids Calculator
Redefining Progress Ecological Footprint Quiz

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Math
- pg.558-559 #1-3, 20-25 all
pg. 562-563 #1-4, 18-23 all
Use these answers for Section 11-5 and these answers for Section 11-6 to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- answer your peers' e-mail forms for your Statistics/Data Analysis Project, then check your own spreadsheet for the data to start working on your project
(project description/rubric/example)

Science
- pick a day to do your Personal Water Audit sheet and also make sure you find answers to the following questions pertaining to you/your family (NEED THESE FOR TOMORROW!):


1. How often do you eat animal-based products? (beef, pork, chicken, fish, eggs, dairy products)

2. How much of your diet is based on fresh, unpackaged foods?

3. How much of the food that you eat is locally grown or produced? (less than 200 miles away!)

4. What comes closest to your monthly new clothing, footwear, and/or sporting good purchase:

o Not much — maybe some T-shirts and socks

o New pants and a shirt

o New pants, running shoes, a couple shirts, socks and underwear.

o I’m up to date with all the latest fashion trends.

5. What comes closest to your household’s annual new household furnishings purchases:

o Maybe some bedding — I haven’t decorated in years

o A new lamp or table, just to spruce things up

o A couch, new bedroom set — I change it up from time to time

o I completely refurnish my living room, it’s an annual ritual.

6. How often do you buy new household appliances?

7. How often do you buy home entertainment, personal computer equipment and electronic gadgets for your household?

8. How often do you buy new books, magazines, and newspapers for your household?

9. How much of your paper waste do you recycle?

10. How much of your plastic waste do you recycle?

11. Which housing type best describes your home?

Free standing house without running water

Free standing house with running water

Multi-story apartment building

Duplex or building with 2-4 housing units

Luxury condominium

Green-design residence

12. Do you have electricity in your home?

13. How many people live in your household?

14. What is the size of your home?

15. What would you say comes closest to the materials your house is constructed with? (wood/brick/vinyl/aluminum/other)

16. What percentage of your home’s electricity from renewable sources either directly or through purchased green power?

17. What do you typically spend per month on electricity for your home?

18. What do you typically spend per month on gas for your home?

19. How far do you travel by car each week (as a driver or passenger)?

20. How far do you travel by motorbike each week (as a driver or passenger)?

21. What is the gas mileage (mph) of the car you travel in most often?

22. What is the gas mileage of your motorbike?

23. How often do you drive in a car with someone else?

24. How far do you travel by bus each week?

25. How far do you travel by train each week?

26. How many hours do you fly each year?

27. What is your annual household income in $USD?

28. What is the size of your home?

29. What energy sources do you use in your home? (electricity/natural gas, propane, or liquefied petroleum gas/heating oil/wood or biomass)

30. Please enter the number of miles you travel per year for each mode of transportation:

automobiles (including personal vehicles, taxis, and carpools)

bus (including metro and long distance service), rail (including subways, inner-city light rail, cross country trains)

air travel

31. Have you purchased offsets for carbon emissions associated with your home energy use and transportation?

32. Which water saving features and habits do you have in your home?

33. How often do you select cleaning products that are biodegradable or non-toxic?

34. How many standard size garbage bins does your household fill each week?

35. When you buy clothing or paper products, how often do you select items labeled as recycled, natural, organic, or made of alternative fibers such as hemp or Tencel?

36. How many loads of laundry do your parents do each week?

37. How many bags of garbage do your parents throw out each week?

- start thinking about the Natural Resources Final Project
(project overview/breakdown/timeline)


Exploratory
- "Pop" Quiz #2 coming soon... (hint: tomorrow)

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Math
- pg. 562-563 #5-16 all
Use these answers to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- start thinking about questions to use for your Statistics/Data Analysis Project --- BE READY TO MAKE THE GOOGLE FORM WITH YOUR THREE QUESTIONS TOMORROW!!!
(project description/rubric/example)

Science
- pick a day to do your Personal Water Audit sheet and also make sure you find answers to the following questions pertaining to you/your family:


1. How often do you eat animal-based products? (beef, pork, chicken, fish, eggs, dairy products)

2. How much of your diet is based on fresh, unpackaged foods?

3. How much of the food that you eat is locally grown or produced? (less than 200 miles away!)

4. What comes closest to your monthly new clothing, footwear, and/or sporting good purchase:

o Not much — maybe some T-shirts and socks

o New pants and a shirt

o New pants, running shoes, a couple shirts, socks and underwear.

o I’m up to date with all the latest fashion trends.

5. What comes closest to your household’s annual new household furnishings purchases:

o Maybe some bedding — I haven’t decorated in years

o A new lamp or table, just to spruce things up

o A couch, new bedroom set — I change it up from time to time

o I completely refurnish my living room, it’s an annual ritual.

6. How often do you buy new household appliances?

7. How often do you buy home entertainment, personal computer equipment and electronic gadgets for your household?

8. How often do you buy new books, magazines, and newspapers for your household?

9. How much of your paper waste do you recycle?

10. How much of your plastic waste do you recycle?

11. Which housing type best describes your home?

Free standing house without running water

Free standing house with running water

Multi-story apartment building

Duplex or building with 2-4 housing units

Luxury condominium

Green-design residence

12. Do you have electricity in your home?

13. How many people live in your household?

14. What is the size of your home?

15. What would you say comes closest to the materials your house is constructed with? (wood/brick/vinyl/aluminum/other)

16. What percentage of your home’s electricity from renewable sources either directly or through purchased green power?

17. What do you typically spend per month on electricity for your home?

18. What do you typically spend per month on gas for your home?

19. How far do you travel by car each week (as a driver or passenger)?

20. How far do you travel by motorbike each week (as a driver or passenger)?

21. What is the gas mileage (mph) of the car you travel in most often?

22. What is the gas mileage of your motorbike?

23. How often do you drive in a car with someone else?

24. How far do you travel by bus each week?

25. How far do you travel by train each week?

26. How many hours do you fly each year?

27. What is your annual household income in $USD?

28. What is the size of your home?

29. What energy sources do you use in your home? (electricity/natural gas, propane, or liquefied petroleum gas/heating oil/wood or biomass)

30. Please enter the number of miles you travel per year for each mode of transportation:

automobiles (including personal vehicles, taxis, and carpools)

bus (including metro and long distance service), rail (including subways, inner-city light rail, cross country trains)

air travel

31. Have you purchased offsets for carbon emissions associated with your home energy use and transportation?

32. Which water saving features and habits do you have in your home?

33. How often do you select cleaning products that are biodegradable or non-toxic?

34. How many standard size garbage bins does your household fill each week?

35. When you buy clothing or paper products, how often do you select items labeled as recycled, natural, organic, or made of alternative fibers such as hemp or Tencel?

36. How many loads of laundry do your parents do each week?

37. How many bags of garbage do your parents throw out each week?


- start thinking about the Natural Resources Final Project
(project overview/breakdown/timeline)

Exploratory
- "Pop" Quiz #2 coming soon... (hint: Friday)

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Math
- pg.558-559 #4-19 all
Use these answers to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- start thinking about questions to use for your Statistics/Data Analysis Project
(project description/rubric/example)

Science
- pick a day to do your Personal Water Audit sheet and also make sure you find answers to the following questions pertaining to you/your family:


1. How often do you eat animal-based products? (beef, pork, chicken, fish, eggs, dairy products)

2. How much of your diet is based on fresh, unpackaged foods?

3. How much of the food that you eat is locally grown or produced? (less than 200 miles away!)

4. What comes closest to your monthly new clothing, footwear, and/or sporting good purchase:

o Not much — maybe some T-shirts and socks

o New pants and a shirt

o New pants, running shoes, a couple shirts, socks and underwear.

o I’m up to date with all the latest fashion trends.

5. What comes closest to your household’s annual new household furnishings purchases:

o Maybe some bedding — I haven’t decorated in years

o A new lamp or table, just to spruce things up

o A couch, new bedroom set — I change it up from time to time

o I completely refurnish my living room, it’s an annual ritual.

6. How often do you buy new household appliances?

7. How often do you buy home entertainment, personal computer equipment and electronic gadgets for your household?

8. How often do you buy new books, magazines, and newspapers for your household?

9. How much of your paper waste do you recycle?

10. How much of your plastic waste do you recycle?

11. Which housing type best describes your home?

Free standing house without running water

Free standing house with running water

Multi-story apartment building

Duplex or building with 2-4 housing units

Luxury condominium

Green-design residence

12. Do you have electricity in your home?

13. How many people live in your household?

14. What is the size of your home?

15. What would you say comes closest to the materials your house is constructed with? (wood/brick/vinyl/aluminum/other)

16. What percentage of your home’s electricity from renewable sources either directly or through purchased green power?

17. What do you typically spend per month on electricity for your home?

18. What do you typically spend per month on gas for your home?

19. How far do you travel by car each week (as a driver or passenger)?

20. How far do you travel by motorbike each week (as a driver or passenger)?

21. What is the gas mileage (mph) of the car you travel in most often?

22. What is the gas mileage of your motorbike?

23. How often do you drive in a car with someone else?

24. How far do you travel by bus each week?

25. How far do you travel by train each week?

26. How many hours do you fly each year?

27. What is your annual household income in $USD?

28. What is the size of your home?

29. What energy sources do you use in your home? (electricity/natural gas, propane, or liquefied petroleum gas/heating oil/wood or biomass)

30. Please enter the number of miles you travel per year for each mode of transportation:

automobiles (including personal vehicles, taxis, and carpools)

bus (including metro and long distance service), rail (including subways, inner-city light rail, cross country trains)

air travel

31. Have you purchased offsets for carbon emissions associated with your home energy use and transportation?

32. Which water saving features and habits do you have in your home?

33. How often do you select cleaning products that are biodegradable or non-toxic?

34. How many standard size garbage bins does your household fill each week?

35. When you buy clothing or paper products, how often do you select items labeled as recycled, natural, organic, or made of alternative fibers such as hemp or Tencel?

36. How many loads of laundry do your parents do each week?

37. How many bags of garbage do your parents throw out each week?


- start thinking about the Natural Resources Final Project
(project overview/breakdown/timeline)

Exploratory
- "Pop" Quiz #2 coming soon... (hint: Friday)

Monday, January 25, 2010

Monday, January 25, 2010

Math
- pg. 554 #1-10 all
Use these answers to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- start thinking about questions to use for your Statistics/Data Analysis Project
(project description/rubric/example)

Science
- remaining Thunder groups be ready to present your Energy Mini-Project TOMORROW during 3rd period
- start thinking about the Natural Resources Final Project
(project overview/breakdown/timeline)

Exploratory
- "Pop" Quiz #2 coming soon... (hint: Friday)

Friday, January 22, 2010

Friday, January 22, 2010

Math
- pg. 551-552 #5-14, 16 all
Use these answers to correct your homework: BE HONEST

- Quiz #13 next Monday 1/25! (covers 11-1 to 11-4)

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Math
- pg. 545-546 #7-12 all, 13-19 odd, 21-26 all
Use these answers to correct your homework: BE HONEST

Science
- finish the Conclusion: CER for Investigation 14A

Exploratory
- take home your wrapping paper!!!

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Math
- pg. 540-541 #7-11 odd, 12-19 all
Use these answers to correct your homework: BE HONEST

Science
- have one person in your lab group e-mail Ms. Sun tonight and state how many red/white beans you need tomorrow in the Investigation 14A Inquiry Lab
- respond to this forum post regarding the Haiti earthquake (write at least one paragraph --- 4 to 5 sentences) if you haven't already
- print Chapter 14 Section 3 Guided Notes

Exploratory
- take home your wrapping paper!!!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Math
- pg. 535-536 #4-17 all
Use these answers to correct your homework: BE HONEST

Science
- respond to this forum post regarding the Haiti earthquake (write at least one paragraph --- 4 to 5 sentences) if you haven't already
- be prepared tomorrow to present your Energy Mini-Project if you haven't already
- print Chapter 14 Section 2, Section 3 Guided Notes

Friday, January 15, 2010

Friday, January 15, 2010

Math
- Practice C for Sections 3-7, 4-2, 4-5
Use these answers (scroll all the way down) to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- in case you're missing some notes from Thursday and Friday, see what you're missing and make it up!

Science
- respond to this forum post regarding the Haiti earthquake (write at least one paragraph --- 4 to 5 sentences) if you haven't already
- be prepared tomorrow to finish the PowerPoint/Keynote for your project and write your speech during class) YOU NEED TO BE READY TO PRESENT ON TUESDAY!!!!
- print Chapter 14 Section 2, Section 3 Guided Notes

Exploratory
- bring some wrapping paper from home if you haven't already (used and unused are both welcomed)
- make sure you have a glue stick and a pair of scissors
- bring an object that has texture to it (for crayon texture rubbings)

BOTH SHAPE & TEXTURE PROJECTS ARE DUE ON TUESDAY!!!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Math
- Practice C for Sections 2-8, 3-4, 3-6
Use these answers (scroll all the way down) to correct your homework: BE HONEST

Science
- respond to this forum post regarding the Haiti earthquake (write at least one paragraph --- 4 to 5 sentences)
- be prepared tomorrow to finish the PowerPoint/Keynote for your project and write your speech during class) YOU NEED TO BE READY TO PRESENT ON TUESDAY!!!!
- print Chapter 14 Section 2, Section 3 Guided Notes

Exploratory
- bring some wrapping paper from home if you haven't already (used and unused are both welcomed)
- make sure you have a glue stick and a pair of scissors
- bring an object that has texture to it (for crayon texture rubbings)

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Math
- pg. 316-317 #1-19 odd
Use these answers to correct your homework: BE HONEST

Science
- be prepared tomorrow to make the PowerPoint/Keynote for your project (on Thursday and Friday you will work on your presentation and write your speech during class)
- print Chapter 14 Section 2, Section 3 Guided Notes

Exploratory
- bring some wrapping paper from home if you haven't already (used and unused are both welcomed)
- make sure you have a glue stick and a pair of scissors
- bring an object that has texture to it (for crayon texture rubbings)

Advisory
- finish journal entry for Get Set Lesson #7: Control

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Math
- pg. 315 #1-31 odd, 32-35 all
Use these answers to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- January POW due this tomorrow!

- Chapter 6 Test TOMORROW!

Science
- re-read the article for your Energy Mini-Project topic and start thinking about what goes on the slides in your PowerPoint/Keynote
- print Chapter 14 Section 2, Section 3 Guided Notes

- Notebook Check TOMORROW!

Advisory
- finish journal entry for Get Set Lesson #7: Control

Monday, January 11, 2010

Monday, January 11, 2010

Math
- pg. 308 #2-20 even
Use these answers to correct your homework: BE HONEST
- January POW due this Wednesday 1/13!

- Notebook Check TOMORROW!!!
- Chapter 6 Test this Wednesday 1/13!

Science
- finish the graph in Investigation 14A based on Table 1
- re-read the article for your Energy Mini-Project topic and start thinking about what goes on the slides in your PowerPoint/Keynote
- print Chapter 14 Section 2, Section 3 Guided Notes

- Notebook Check this Wednesday 1/13!

Advisory
- finish journal entry for Get Set Lesson #6: Roles